Orca Research Trust. Lone orca calf, fund raising video. 4196# Killer Whales and Northern Lights 2015. Rescue of Stranded Transient Orca. It was 7:30am when we received a call from Eric Keen on his vessel the Bangarang.
Eric is conducting a study on fin whales in the area and we work quite closely with him on our research. We had been travelling back from Hartley Bay towards Whale Point when he alerted us that a juvenile transient orca had just beached herself on the shore of Andrew Rocks. Plongée en apnée avec les orques ! Un orque échoué sur des rochers crie pour qu'on l'aide, voici ce que les gens font pour lui! - Images - Images drôles et insolites. Observatoire des Mammifères Marins (OBS MAM) 104-Year-Old 'Granny' Orca Spotted Leaping Wildly Out Of The Ocean. A famous 104-year-old orca has made another big splash this week, and a lucky photographer caught her on camera.
Just off the coast of Vancouver, Canada, Granny breached brilliantly as she led her pod through a narrow pass between islands, and Gary Sutton snapped the glamour shots, which Wild Whales Vancouver posted to its Facebook page. Gary Sutton Arguably one of the world's most known animals, Granny, or J2, made waves last year when the discovery of her age (then a ripe 103) spoke to how long orcas can thrive in the wild, as opposed to captivity. "It was a pretty incredible experience," Gary Sutton, of Wild Whales Vancouver, told The Dodo.
Whale Rescue, providing logistical and practical expertise in the rescue of whales and dolphins. Whale Researchers Document a Rare and Stunning Display of Orcas in the Wild. ResidentOrca.COM - ResidentOrca.com. 104-Year-Old 'Granny' Orca Spotted Leaping Wildly Out Of The Ocean. “Whale Fingerprints”: How We Know Granny The Orca Is 103 Years Old. A 103-year-old orca whale named “Granny" has been making some serious waves this week, after she was spotted traveling for 800 miles off the coast of Canada with her pod.
The centenarian, also called J2 by researchers, has not only astounded people with her age, but by disproving SeaWorld claims that orcas typically live up to 25-35 years in the wild. So how do researchers know that this particular whale is Granny? Stranded orca saved by volunteers who kept it cool for hours until high tide. An orca that was stranded on some rocks was kept alive for eight hours by a dedicated team of whale researchers and volunteers on the North Coast of B.C.
"She cried often, which tore at our hearts, but as the tide came up there were many cheers as this whale was finally free," said in a Facebook post from the group The Cetacean Lab. Early Wednesday morning, the group received a call from a colleague about the beached orca, which was stuck on some rocks at low tide. June 30, 2015 - Whale Popcorn at East Point. The fog rolled in overnight out west and so our day started with us pushing north through Bellingham Channel past the Cone Islands and into the Strait of Georgia with Canada on the horizon.
Some little puppy dog faces watched us go as we passed Puffin Island and we slowed to get a good look at the masses of harbor seals hauled out. Dog mermaids. Orca bon-bons. Land sausages. Whatever you want to call them, they're pretty cute! Orca census shows increase in Southern Resident population. A census of the killer whales that frequent Puget Sound is due today, and it appears that the total population of the three Southern Resident pods is 82, up from 79 last year at this time.
But that’s not the end of the story, because two small groups of orcas have not been seen recently — so a final count must wait, according to Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research, which conducts the annual census. The three Southern Resident pods, well defined years ago, are no longer the same, Ken told me.
The tendency the past few years is for the whales to split up into smaller groups of one or more families, known as matrilines. Immediate families tend to stay together, but larger groupings such as pods and subpods are becoming less certain. “They’ve decided to mix it up,” Ken said. L84 & Lolita updates; Bigg's T49C,T65As,T93 & T97,T123As; Windy the Humpback. Underwater Photography Guide. Incredible Photos of a Humpback Mother and Calf followed by an Orca Attack Text and Photos By Rodney Bursiel Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “A mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
After visiting the Socorro Islands with Great White Adventures aboard the Solmar V, my mind was stretched more than I could ever imagine. Puget Sound orcas among most contaminated marine mammals on the planet. 1120348251017. Save Puget Sound’s orcas by protecting West Coast waters. The federal government knows enough now to better protect Puget Sound’s southern-resident orcas.
WHALE watchers and researchers are celebrating a baby boom in the local orca community after spotting another new “southern resident” killer whale calf in Puget Sound just a few weeks ago. The surprise discovery of newborn J52, swimming alongside her mother, builds on the good news of three other births earlier this year. The thrill over this new calf might give the impression that all is well with a community beloved by photographers, tourists and nature lovers.
But the reality is that the southern residents are still some of the rarest killer whales on Earth. Us.whales. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States, dams have cut off the main source of food for the remaining, critically endangered Southern Resident orcas who live in the ocean nearby.
There are 78 of these orcas left – JUST 78! The salmon stocks they eat are falling fast. But it’s not too late. YOU can do something about it. Newborns J50 and J51 both doing well; Ts in Penn Cove today. J-50, un bébé orque au comportement mystérieux. J-50, un bébé orque au comportement mystérieux. J-50, un bébé orque au comportement mystérieux. Cinéma Animalier - Au plus près des Orques. Mutant 'Type-D' Orca may be a New Species of Killer Whale. Jun 29, 2013 08:53 AM EDT The Type-D killer whale, a type of orca generally thought to have its distinct look because of a rare genetic mutation, may actually be an entirely separate species of the cetacean, according to a recent study published in the journal Polar Biology.
Type-D orcas, known to live in the Southern Ocean, are set apart from their Type-A, B and C peers by their notably small white eye patch, bulbous head and shorter-than-normal dorsal fin. Other types of orca have much larger white eye patches and streamlined bodies. The first known observation of a Type-D orca was in 1955 when a small pod of the creatures washed up on the shores of New Zealand. Since then, there have only been a handful of at-sea sightings of a Type-D orca. Update: Newborn joins J-pod; mother may be missing. By EMILY GREENBERG Journal of the San Juans Reporter December 31, 2014 · Updated 3:31 PM Comments Newborn J-50 swims alongside its presumed mother, J-16, Dec. 30. / Contributed Photo/Center for Whale Research The excitement of spotting a newborn orca calf in J-pod became shrouded in mystery after further study revealed uncertainty surrounding its birth. The Center for Whale Research confirmed seeing and photographing 42-year-old J-16 with, presumably, her newborn baby, off the south shores of North Pender Island in Canadian waters on Dec. 30.
The baby, known as J-50, is the second calf to be born in 2014, after a two-year lull of no births among the Southern Resident killer whales. Les mystérieuses cultures des orques de l’Antarctique. Calf born in endangered southern resident orca pod. A calf has been born in the endangered southern resident orca population. The Centre for Whale Research confirmed the birth of a new calf J-50, which it believes is a few days old, to the mother, J-16. Ken Balcomb, a senior scientist with the Centre for Whale Research, said the calf was spotted off in the Gulf Island, off South Pender Island in Swanson Channel. "The calf was born sometime recently," he said. "We estimate a couple days, maybe a week. " Center for Whale Research. USEA diving with orcas, whales, dolphins and seals. Pregnant killer whale J-32 was starving, necropsy reveals. Questions remain after a necropsy revealed a young female orca in the endangered southern resident population was malnourished when she died before giving birth to a full-term calf.
Preliminary necropsy results released by the Center for Whale Research indicate that J-32 had a thin layer of blubber and had not been feeding adequately for an extended period of time. Read more about the death of J-32 But the report also concluded the 19-year-old female likely died because she could not expel a nearly full-term fetus from her body, and that the fetus might have been dead for some time. Don't Let Orcas Be Dammed! ‘It’s a crime against science’: Dead orca’s teeth sawed off overnight. CTV Vancouver Published Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:09PM PST Last Updated Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:36PM PST Animal advocates say they are horrified after discovering somebody illegally desecrated the body of a dead orca whale found off the coast of Vancouver Island earlier this week.
The body underwent a necropsy Saturday, but officials say overnight, a thief or thieves stole teeth from the remains of “Rhapsody,” as the whale was known to researchers. “Someone last night selfishly, cruelly, illegally cut off several teeth from her,” said Marcie Callewaert of the Victoria Marine Science Association. J-32: Rhapsody - an album on Flickr. Invasion of the Killer Whales ~ Full Episode. Of the Killer Whales A shift in power is taking place at the top of the world. 2014-11-19 01:00:00publishdisabledshowfalse11316Polar Bears Try to Catch Salmon Polar bears are forced to try their luck hunting salmon as arctic ice sheets dissappear. 01:00: of the Last Frontier: Arctic WanderersThe polar bears and arctic grizzlies in the far north of Alaska. 00:01: A shift of power is taking place at the top of the world.
The Arctic is undergoing a dramatic change, and with this change one iconic Arctic hunter may soon have to give way to another as solid ice turns to open sea. Mother Orca And Her Dead Calf: A Mother’s Grief? - Candace Calloway Whiting. Huge pod of orca whales hanging out near Moss Landing, Carmel. 'Imprisoned' Killer Whales Spark Outcry in Moscow. Realm of the Killer Whales HD Nature Documentary. Shock after Southland orca stranding - Story - NZ News. Orca (killer whale) and dog - READ THE DETAILS! Lost Orca Whale Needs Time and Food, Will Norway Help? - Candace Calloway Whiting. La rébellion des orques. Uk.whales. Whales Help Disabled Member of Pod - SCUBA News, Videos and Events - The Dive Site. Cetacean News Network - The Southern Resident Orcas Have a New Baby At Last! Les épaulards du Pacifique Nord-Est manquent de nourriture. Mort d’un épaulard – le sonar serait-il en cause? - WWF-Canada BlogueWWF-Canada Blogue.
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